A number of agencies have SBIR and STTR deadlines coming right up! It's Nicole here, I've been a reviewer for many Phase I and Phase II SBIR and STTR solicitations. I've read SOOO many proposals, and seen so many unnecessary mistakes. 

To help, I created an online course, developed from a live online course I did before last December's deadlines, to help you understand the REVIEWER perspective as they review your proposal. This insider's view can help you avoid needless mistakes, and help your reviewer help you, increasing your odds of success. 

To learn more about the course and increase your odds of award, visit our course page at Help Improve your SBIR Proposal . 

You should also have received my FREE guide, Forty ways to improve your SBIR proposal. These are specific real mistakes from real proposals and I wrote these lessons down right away! First I got to 10, then 18, then 30, and now I’m up to 40. These are all “real world” mistakes that I have personally seen as a reviewer that have eliminated otherwise quality proposals from consideration! Let me repeat that, these simple mistakes ELIMINATED a proposal from even being considered for funding. Bummer for all those teams – don’t be one of them. 

If you are preparing a Phase II proposal, or looking to create a new Phase I proposal, don't go it alone! Get the scoop to improve your odds of success with my online course at Help Improve your SBIR Proposal . 

For example, the NSF says that they award about 10-15% of proposals, see #8 on the list. However, in my experience, on a panel reviewing 10 proposals, there is usually 1 or 2 that are “fundable”. VERY rarely are there 3. All of the rest of them are unfundable, usually for the reasons on our guide, Forty ways to improve your SBIR proposal . Just by avoiding these mistakes, you put yourself in that very top tier of fundability. 

And being in that tier makes it nearly 80% chance, by my estimates, that you will be funded! In my online course at Help Improve your SBIR Proposal .I walk you through the review process, help you understand how reviewers work through your proposal, what they read, and what they might NOT read, and how to write to help them want to support your proposal. 

Happy proposing